[175390] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Kristolaitis)
Tue Oct 21 13:42:59 2014
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:42:38 -0400
From: Peter Kristolaitis <alter3d@alter3d.ca>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 10/21/2014 01:33 PM, Sandra Murphy wrote:
> On Oct 21, 2014, at 11:08 AM, David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> wrote:
>
>> On Oct 20, 2014, at 10:18 PM, Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:
>>> Not that anyone is looking for a solution but I suppose one possible
>>> solution would be to use the two-letter cctld then gov like
>>> parliament.uk.gov or parliament.ca.gov etc.
>>>
>>> No doubt there would be some collisions but probably not too serious.
>> Folks outside of the US have issues with the US government having a role in the administration of the root, even if that role is to ensure ICANN does screw the pooch.
> I'm thinking there's a "not" missing here.
>
> --Sandy
Depends on whether we're talking about the nominal or effective role of
government... ;)
- Peter
